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Flopping: The Art of Cheating

Whether we like it or not, flopping has become part of the game. It has spread itself like a cancer all over the league.  But, when did it start? Where does it come from? Should we do something about it? [...]

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Who is the AZ Cards G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time)?

Well, it’s that time of year where the filler that we can come up with has to suffice for the lack of NFL action we crave during the offseason. So in the spirit of filler articles and with me taking [...]

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Ranking Brett Wallace, Sabermetrically

Scott Bordow of the East Valley Tribune had a comprehensive piece on Brett Wallace’s career in today’s paper, chronicling his early success, failure last year in Omaha, and what he learned from that experience to to make him one of [...]

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Does Leandro Barbosa Want Out Of Phoenix?

(Barry Gossage/NBAE/Getty Images) If you read Leandro Barbosa’s quote in the Brazilian sports newspaper, Lance (and who doesn’t get and read Lance on a daily basis? I know I learned Portuguese to do just that) you probably are a bit [...]

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Reggie Geary Final Coach For Olson’s Staff…But Why?

Reggie Geary, the former University of Arizona basketball player, has returned to Tucson to be an assistant coach on Lute Olson‘s staff. The question is why? Geary originally was a member of Olson’s staff in 2005. That job lasted all [...]

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Will we ever see Eric Byrnes’ mustache again?

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill On April 4, following an 8-1 win over the Colorado Rockies, Eric Byrnes decided not to shave his mustache. We all know baseball is played by a group of men who can be considered superstitious to [...]

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The Starter: Kerr “it makes sense to move Amare and Steve…”

In case you missed it last night Simon Cowell said that he was wrong and David Cook was named the American Idol (We know it pains us to admit we watch it too). Apparently Obama is looking to Arizona for [...]

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D-Backs not enjoying Miami, lose 3-1 to Marlins

Photo: Pat D. Hemlepp Wow, have the bats gone silent for the Diamondbacks in the first 2 games of their road swing in Florida. Ricky Nolasco went 7 strong innings, and the bullpen combo of Matt Lindstrom and Kevin Gregg [...]

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Last Call: Steve Nash Thinks You’re Fat (I’m Looking at You Canada)

It’s that time of day again. The time where we throw all the stuff we couldn’t fit in from around the net into one smorgasbord of sports (and some none sports) news. For those of you sitting at home alone [...]

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AzSportsHub Head-To-Head: Pitchers 9-0 Starts Since World War II

With Brandon Webb looking to improve to 10-0 we thought it would be interesting to compare his first 9 wins to the only other pitcher to start a season with 9 consecutive wins since World War [...]

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